ORIGINAL STORY: A 10-year-old boy in Alabama died Wednesday as Tropical Storm Cindy raged through the Gulf of Mexico toward the U.S. coast, according to USA Today.

The National Weather Service on Wednesday said that Cindy is sustaining winds of 50 mph as it nears the region. The organization added that the storm is expected to generate up to 15 inches of rain in parts of Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama through late Thursday.

Michael Ciaglo, a staff photographer for The Houston Chronicle, on Wednesday shared pictures of the Galveston Police Department in Galveston, TX training its cadets as the storm neared.

The Galveston Police Department runs cadets through their first day of training on the beach as Tropical Storm Cindy approaches the coast pic.twitter.com/BF5qRf11Gi